Lighting Designer

At his local Prague bar, the landlord Brouček has a reputation for being a petty philistine. He himself is tired of dealing with insolvent renters and dreams of getting away from all the daily hassle. When one night he has had one beer too many, his wish comes true in a miraculous way with two fantastic excursions: first, Brouček lands on the moon inhabited by a strange, overly intellectual society of artists. Then he finds himself in medieval Prague, stuck between the fronts of a battle between the confessions, and is about to go to war on the side of the Hussites.

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

Bebelplatz

Verdi’s sharply relevant opera of love and war returns to the Royal Opera House.

Aida

Royal Opera House

We honor Handel’s intended ‘wow factor’ of Radamisto with a new staging by Christophe Gayral, a familiar name in some of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses, giving us a fitting close to our 21/22 season.

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Handel’s Radamisto

Stanford University

Although she is surrounded by many admirers, Arabella dreams only of the «right one». She finds him in Mandryka, the Croatian landowner. Opera history’s final idealized marriage of love was written on the precipice of disaster: The opera dates to a time of deep social insecurity. The operetta-like tone of Strauss’ «Lyrischer Komödie» is strangely fractured. When it premiered in Dresden in 1933, it was instrumentalized by the Nazis for propaganda purposes. 

Arabella

Zurich Opera House

Robert Carsen’s acclaimed and timely staging of Mozart’s Idomeneo returns to the Opera House.

Idomeneo was Mozart’s first great opera, composed in 1781 by a 25-year-old genius as a festive commission for the Elector’s new theatre in Munich. Mozart’s creativity knew no bounds, and this extraordinary score places immense demands on both soloists and the grand opera chorus.

Lighting Designer

Peter van Praet

Events

Upcoming events

14 - 28 Apr, 2026

Arabella · Opernhaus Zürich

May 9 - Jun 6, 2026

Idomeneo · Royal Danish Opera

Past events

Mar 16 - Apr 3, 2025

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček · Staatsoper Berlin

Jan 28 - Feb 12, 2025

Aida · Royal Opera House

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